7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division
| 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division (1 Dec 2006–present) 7th Guards Airborne Division (Sep 1948–1 Dec 2006) |
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| Russian: 7-я гвардейская десантно-штурмовая (горная) Краснознамённая орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия | |
7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division shoulder sleeve insignia (since 2006)
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| Active | 1942–1945 (1st formation) 1948–present (2nd formation) |
| Country |
 Soviet Union(1942–1991)  Russia(1991–present) |
| Branch |
 Russian Airborne Troops
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| Part of |
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| Garrison/HQ | Novorossiysk |
| Motto(s) |
Мужество, отвага, честь! (Courage, valor, honor!) |
| Engagements |
World War II First Chechen War Second Chechen War War of Dagestan War in Donbas |
| Decorations |
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| Battle honours |
 Guards
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Maj.Gen. Roman Breus |
| Notable commanders |
Maj.Gen. Dmitry Drychkin |
 Generals Reinhart and Drichkin
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50th Anniversary Memorial
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World War II
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Prague Spring
The 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division is an elite guards division of the Russian Airborne Troops.
The 7th Guards Airborne Division was formed in September 1948 based on 322nd Guards Rifle Regiment which fought in Eastern Europe in World War II. In October 1948 the division was relocated to Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Cold War period, the division served in the suppression of the Hungarian and Czech revolutions. On August 1993, the division was relocated to Novorossisk, Russia. It took part in various counter-insurgency operations in the Caucasus region. On 1st December 2006 it was renamed as 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division.
In 2014 the division's 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment took part in War in Donbas.
There were two separately formed 7th Guards Airborne Divisions in the Red Army and Soviet Ground Forces/Soviet Airborne Troops. The first division was formed during the Second World War at Ramenskoye in December 1942. It fought at Demyansk, Voronezh, Korsun, on the Dnieper River, and at Targul Frumos and Budapest. It ended the war with 4th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in May 1945. As part of a postwar military reorganization, this division was retitled the 115th Guards Rifle Division in June 1945. The second formation of the 7th Guards Airborne Division was started in September 1948 based on 322nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
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